Image 1: Pottery Inkwell with inscription, IVCVNDI NDI; credits: © The Trustees of the British Museum Image 2: Lid of a Roman Inkwell, Gloucester; credits: https://zurl.co/bivxN Image 3: Pottery Inkwell (modern copy); it was used during a workshop for children.
Where was ink usually kept in the #Roman world?
#Inkwells
The most common inkwells were the Samian ones (pottery), being the cheaper option than their metal counterparts.
Roman writers made use of two colours: red for headings, and black for the rest of the text.
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